Internet for prisoners

Yeah, educational courses might actually be a better idea. Must more productive than just surfing the internet checking up on the news and weather. And as we said before, they can get the weather, news, etc., off the television. The internet would be fairly useless in that case.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

The minute you commit a crime, you lose all rights. And when prisoners demand cable, internet, etc, I find it a bit wrong and that society shouldn't give into what they want. They're in jail for a reason. The only access to a computer they should have is for educational purposes connected only to the jail library and nothing else.

I know the term crime is subject though and that it's hard to say who really is a threat to society and shouldn't recieve any rights. But once you allow some prisoners to use the internet, you'll have to allow the others.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Originally Posted by splur

The minute you commit a crime, you lose all rights. And when prisoners demand cable, internet, etc, I find it a bit wrong and that society shouldn't give into what they want. They're in jail for a reason. The only access to a computer they should have is for educational purposes connected only to the jail library and nothing else.

I know the term crime is subject though and that it's hard to say who really is a threat to society and shouldn't recieve any rights. But once you allow some prisoners to use the internet, you'll have to allow the others.

No, you won't.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I don't think it's necessarily a bad idea, as long as they restrict what sites they are able to access. CNN, ESPN, etc., no problem. Myspace, probably not.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

I dont agree with giving internet to prisoners. Secret communication through hidden channels is dangerous already, giving them privilages to access the global world in a solitude is truly unwise. Who knows if they will somehow abuse them and building their network via underground?

It's dangerous and too risky, I really dont agree with giving this privilage to prisoners.

FELIPE NO

I don't think there's a problem at all with providing internet access to criminals. Just don't give them access to buy things online or other methods of obtaining things. Plus, the internet would be accessible in some place outside of their cell. So, they wouldn't have a machine of their own to access. If anything, make a mini PC cafe and they can play games or chat. Sending email isn't too bad if there were a team of technicians to work on verifying the domain name and who it is.

How ya doing, buddy?

hahahahaha..... no.
prisoners get room and board, food, cable, education and now they want internet? hell, if that's the case let me do some stupid crime to where the public's tax dollars will pay for me to live such an easy life.

Jam it back in, in the dark.